Plainville Township Lake
Rooks County, Kansas131 acresView mapDirections
This is the name KDHE records for this water. It can describe one sampling location rather than the water as a whole.
KDHE publishes the water-quality measurements for Plainville Township Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Impaired · Nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen)
- 13 ft max depth
- Limited data
Plainville Township Lake in Rooks County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.3 ft visibility. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 10.7 µg/L. Surface area: 130.76 acres.
Plainville Township Lake is a 131-acre lake in Rooks County, Kansas with an estimated average depth of about 13 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, KDHE, last sampled 2018-08-13. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingRecreation use not supported
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Plainville Township Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Plainville Township Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Plainville Township Lake
These are the measurements KDHE publishes for Plainville Township Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Very murky, less than 1.3 ft of visibility. Chlorophyll-a 10.7 µg/L. TSI 64.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 1.3ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 10.7µg/L | Measured, not scored The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water. |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 64 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~13 ft est.
Surface area
131 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Kansas has not published bathymetry for Plainville Township Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
11 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
3.1 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
2,142 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Plainville Township Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Plainville Township Lake (completed 1938), built primarily for recreation on the Paradise Creek; earth-type dam, 28 ft tall and 1,400 ft long.
- Surface area
- 130.76 ac
- Normal storage
- 529 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 2,582 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 10.65 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- PLAINVILLE TOWNSHIP NO 11
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID KS03503 · Operator website
EPA Impairment Status
Plainville Township Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 4A).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Drinking water, Aquatic life, Recreation.
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit KS-LM070001 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Plainville Township Lake
Where is Plainville Township Lake?
- Plainville Township Lake is in Rooks County, Kansas. This is the name KDHE records for this water. It can describe one sampling location rather than the water as a whole. Its water-quality measurements are published by KDHE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Plainville Township Lake?
- Plainville Township Lake in Rooks County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.3 ft visibility. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 10.7 µg/L. Surface area: 130.76 acres.
Is Plainville Township Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Plainville Township Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen). Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Plainville Township Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Plainville Township Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 13 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 130.76 acres.
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Where this data comes from
2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2018. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Kansas Department Of Health And Environment
21KAN001_WQX2 samples · 2018
Analytical methods
- Depth, Secchi disk depth
- 10200 H ~ Chlorophyll a-b-c Determination
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)